The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-18
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS.
Text of the Platform Adopted by the
New Party.

New Party.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 1.-THE following
is the platform of the American party
adopted this afternoon:
WHEREAS, We, Americans, hold that longer
| continuance of our present system of immigra-
| ton and naturalization of foreigners is detri-
| mental to the welfare of our beloved country,
| and that the time is fast approaching when
| rigid restriction of immigration will be neceS-
| sary in order to preserve the peace and pros
perity of our people and the stability of
| our institutions. and that the time has
| arrived when a new departure must be
| taken by the government of the American
people looking to the elimination and restriction
of all evil disposed foreigners from landing on
| our shores or becoming citizens of these United
| States; and
WHEREAS, The past has demonstrated that
| the hordes of foreign immigrants whom we
have welcomed to our land, and to whom we
! have given right of citizenship without regard
| TO character or qualification, are the
refuse subjects of European nations, who,
| by teaching and training are unfit to become
American citizens, banding together in societies
| for the destruction of private property and per-
sonal liberty, becoming political and social agi-
| tators OF every cause looking to the destruction
| of private rights, heading and encouraging all
| disturbances of labor seeking to array labor
| against capital, setting themselves up as
| judges OF the rights OF the American people,
| committing murder arson, and other crimes by
| means of secret organizations, thrusting aside
| the American citizen and wage worker to make
|
! children of Americans from apprenticeship to
| trade, enemies of all free government by the
| peoples and
| WHEREAS. Both the Republican and Demo-
| cratic parties are unwilling to adopt an ade
quate policy on this question, and have in recent
| elections pandered to the worst element of for
| eign born citizens giving them prominence as
the balance of voting power, offering offices as
a reward for their political labor, and setting up
| new parties composed of foreigners to accom-
plish their selfish ends, having no issue save the
| issue of office; therefore
| RESOLVED, That we, representatives Of the
| American party in convention assembled in
| the discharge of a duty we owe our constituents
and our country and in order to perpetuate the
| sentiment of America for Americans unite in
| the following declaration:
| l. That our present system of immigration
| and naturalization Of foreigners is detrimental
| to the welfare of the United States. and we
! pledge ourselves to its restriction and regula-
| ton. To that end We demand the establish
ment of department of immigration by Con-
| gress, the heed of which shall be appointed by
| the President of the United States, and who
| shall be member of his Cabinet
| 2 We demand revision of the naturalization
| laws, making continued residence of fourteen
years an Indispensable requisite for citizenship,
| and excluding all Communists Socialists, Nihi-
| lists, Anarchists, paupers and criminals from
naturalization as American citizens; but no in
| reference with the vested rights of foreigners
| B. To protect and promote the American
| free common school system, recommend
that the several States and Territories establish
| by law system of free common schools for
universal and enforced education of our chill
| dren.
| L. That the safety of the republic rests largely
with her citizens who have small holdings of her
soil, and any attempt at destruction of the
| ownership thereof is revolutionary and in VIC
lation Of the guarantees of our CON
| stitution. We hold that the American
| lands should be reserved for American citizens;
| that no alien nonresident should be permitted
to own real estate in the United States, and that
the real estate possessions of resident aliens
ahn no INIT in af76x u
| denim the system of donating public lands
to private corporations, and all lands heretofore
donated to railroad corporations by the govern
| ment on conditions which have not been
| complied with, should be reclaimed and opened
| for settlement by American citizens,
| 3. The.vast sums of money accumulated in the
| Treasury from taxation Of the people i'll excess
| of the necessities of the government should be
| released to the people; and We demand a judi
| cious system of internal improvements and ia
| vor the construction of suitable Notifications
| and the building of navy compatible with our
! station among the nations of the earth
| 6. We reassert the American principle of alb
solute freedom of religious worship and belief;
permanent separation of church and State, and
we oppose the appropriation of the money or
property of the people to any church, or in
stitution administered by church.
| z. We recognize the right of labor to organize
for its protection, and by all lawful and peace
| able means to secure to itself the greatest re-
ward for its thrift and industry.
| 8. We demand and advocate firm and con-
sistent foreign policy and vigorous assertion
of our national dignity and respect to our flag
on land and sea. Especially do we demand as
sertion and vindication of the rights of our cit-
zens to an equal participation in the fisheries in
| the North Atlantic ocean, and we view with
alarm the aims and purposes of European
powers to absorb and establish protectorates over
| islands adjacent to our Pacific coasts and we
demand an emphatic reassertion and vigorous
maintenance of the American doctrine as
| handed down to us by our fathers, excluding
| European governments from all interference
with the political affairs of the Western world
| 8. The Americ IN party declares that it recog-
nizes no North, no South, no East and no West
| in these United States, but one people, pledged
to our liberty and independence.
The party to-day concluded its national
convention, and adjourned sine die. Several
delegates made hard fight to have pro-
hibition plank in the platform, but they
were finally outvoted.